Monticello Brianza

Monticello Brianza
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Lecco  (LC)
Local name	Muntisèll
Coordinates	45 ° 43 '  N , 9 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 42 '40 "  N , 9 ° 19' 0"  E
height	408  m slm
surface	4 km²
Residents	4,158 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1,040 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	23876
prefix	039
ISTAT number	097054
Popular name	Monticellesi
Patron saint	Agatha of Catania ( February 5th )
Website	Monticello Brianza

Monticello Brianza municipality in the province of Lecco

Sirtori during the campaign in southern Italy, 1860

Monticello Brianza is a municipality in the province of Lecco in the Italian region of Lombardy with 4158 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Monticello Brianza is located about 15 km southwest of the provincial capital Lecco and 30 km northeast of the metropolis of Milan in the province of Monza and Brianza .

The neighboring municipalities are Barzanò , Besana in Brianza (MB), Casatenovo , Cassago Brianza , Missaglia , Renate (MB) and Viganò .

Sports

On June 1, 2002, the 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia ended with the beginning in Cambagio in Monticello Brianza.

Festivals & attractions

• Feast of the local patroness Agatha of Catania on February 5th.

Personalities

• Giuseppe Sirtori (born April 17, 1813 in Monticello Brianza, † September 18, 1874 in Rome ) was an Italian soldier, freedom fighter and politician.
• Piero Maggioni (1931–1995) - Italian painter, was born here

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 144.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Monticello Brianza Online

Web links

Commons : Monticello Brianza  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monticello Brianza on lombardia.indettaglio.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.